Erstellt am: 22. 4. 2009 - 13:33 Uhr
Today's webtip: Copyfight round 3
Ok. You've heard one side screaming about the nasty pirates, and the other side calling for the death of the media industry (or at least a fullboycott) and now it's all getting a bit annoying and just a tad confusing.
I know that the research I have done in order to find a way to create a music podcast left me dazed and confused. The majors would have let me do an entire show based on 30 second clips, and more than a few of the CC people would have been cool with the whole thing except for that non-commercial claus. Playing commercials sort of makes you commercial.
I think.
Anyway, you have probably noticed that I make no music podcast. In the end it just wasn't worth it for me.
But the results of the research might be of some use to you. There are some great resources for potential podcasters, music fans, muicians and people who like to twist knobs and influence people. Net labels, online archives, and link collections pointing you toward tracks by musicians who value attention over CD sales.
Many of these have been webtips in the past.
One of the oldest, and greatest, and coolest projects has to be the Internet archives. They have a lovely collection of Open Source Music. I like it a lot. My music likes it too.
www.archive.org
As long as we are going to listen to open source, music, why not do it in an open source player? Songbird has some of the coolest features of any player out there, esepcially if you like browsing info about the bands as you listen to their tracks.
getsongbird.com
Opsound is a platform for musicians who want to share their tracks. I don't know how active it is, but there is a large selection of music to enjoy there.
opsound.org
Jamendo is probably the best known of the sites I have for you today. It was a webtip ages ago, and when I asked my people on twitter for their suggestions, it was the one mentioned the most. The site has a lot to aoffer and could swallow a LOT of time if you let it.
www.jamendo.com
Audi farm would appear to be like Jamendo, but with cows: www.audiofarm.org
For some of us, the whole copyright thing first became an issue in the form of sampling. The sampling wars made headlines back in the day. Remember Negativland and U2? Anyway, ccMixter is a site featuring samples and remixes of cc licensed materials. There are a few bits by big bands that tend to be only for non-commercial use, so pay attention if you are planning on using them in any music you might want cash for later on.
ccmixter.org
Potential podcasters should head straight to www.podsafeaudio.com do not pass go do not collect $200.
And finally, for those of you who want some help wading through the waters of free range music, you might want to check out some podcasts. the Creative Commons website has a list of some that you might want to check out.
wiki.creativecommons.org
That would also be a good place to inform yourself about the whole Creative Commons thing. The main page is probably as good a place to start as any.
www.creativecommons.org